This solid gold beaker was reportedly found by a sponge fisherman off the West Coast of Turkey in th
This solid gold beaker was reportedly found by a sponge fisherman off the West Coast of Turkey in the early 1900s. On the underside of the foot there is an abbreviated Latin inscription which reports the weight of the beaker. The inscribed weight and the actual weight do not match which has led scholars to conclude that it originally had a lid. Image from The J. Paul Getty Museum via their online collection: 2001.6 -- source link
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